Script started on Thu Mar 16 08:36:41 2000
nber1# st
Stat/Transfer (c) 1986-99 Circle Systems, Inc.
Version 5.0.16 - Solaris

Serial:	AS6QP-HAAKY-843O
User:	National Bureau of Economic Research   
Status:	License OK

Please type "help" for a brief syntax and format guide.


st> help formats


   Extension(s)       Tags   Formats 
   ============       ====   ======= 
        wk*;wr*        123   1-2-3 
        txt;csv      delim   ASCII File - Delimited 
            dbf      xbase   dBASE 
            rec        epi   Epi Info 
            xls      excel   Excel 
            dat      gauss   Gauss 
            dat    gauss96   Gauss - Unix 
           htm*       html   HTML Table 
            jmp        jmp   JMP 
            lpj        jpj   LIMDEP for Windows 
            mat     matlab   Matlab Matrix 
     schema;sch    mineset   Mineset 
       dct;dict     osiris   OSIRIS 
        wq?;wb?    quattro   Quattro Pro 
                     splus   S-Plus - Windows - DEC Unix 
                  splus-hl   S-Plus - HP,IBM & Sun Unix 
            sd2        sas   SAS Data File - Windows/OS2 
   sd7;sasdata7       sas7   SAS Data File- Version 7 
          ssd01       sas1   SAS Data File- HP,IBM,SGI & SUN Unix 
          ssd04       sas4   SAS Data File - Dec Unix 
        xpt;tpt       sasx   SAS Transport File 
            sav       spss   SPSS Data File - Windows, OS/2 & DEC Unix 
            sav    spss-hl   SPSS Data File - HP,IBM, & Sun Unix 
            por      spssp   SPSS Portable File 
            dta      stata   Stata 
            sta statistica   Statistica 
            sys     systat   Systat 
st> help copy
To move data from one format to another type:

	 copy file1.ex1 file2.ex2 [-y] [-o] 

where ex1 and ex2 are proper extensions for the filetypes.

If the extensions are non-standard or not relevent (e.g. for ODBC),
the filenames can be proceded by a 'tag.'  Type 'help formats' 
for the tags and extensions.

The switch 'y' overrides the file-overwrite prompt.
The switch 'o' optimizes the target types of the output file.

For example:

"copy in.xls out.sd2" copies an Excel worksheet to a SAS data file
"copy excel in.xxx out.sd2" does this as well, but compensates
                            for the non-standard extension, xxx.
st> help

For further help type:

help commands	 For help on the root Stat/Transfer commands
help copy    	 For help on copying one format to another
help formats	 For help on the formats you can transfer
help set	 For help on 'setting' options
help running 	 For help on running S/T from a shortcut or an OS prompt

st> help set
You can set the following options with the 'set' command:
write-old-ver      - Write older versions of output files (Y/N)
preserve-case      - Perserve name and label case if possible (Y/N)
samp-seed          - Seed for sampling functions (number or "auto")
read-sas-fmts      - Read user formats from a SAS datafile (Y/N)
read-fmt-name      - Name of SAS format datafile
write-sas-fmts     - Write Proc Format program for SAS (Y/N)
write-fmt-name     - Filename for Proc Format program
user-miss          - Honor user-missing values (all/first/none)
date-fmt-read      - Format for reading dates
time-fmt-read      - Format for reading times
datetime-fmt-read  - Format for reading date/times
date-scan-fmt      - Format for scanning ASCII files for dates & times
date-fmt-write     - Format for writing dates
time-fmt-write     - Format for writing times
datetime-fmt-write - Format for writing date/times
delimiter-rd       - Delimiter - ASCII read (comma,tab,space,semicolon)
ascii-rd-vnames    - Fieldnames - ASCII read (autosense,first-row,make-up)
num-miss-rd        - Numeric missing value - ASCII read
quote-char-rd      - Quote character - ASCII read (character or 'none')
max-fields         - Maximum fields - ASCII read
max-width          - Maximum line width for ASCII read
max-lines          - Maximum number of ASCII lines to examine (number or 'all')
decimal-point      - Decimal point for ASCII
thousands-sep      - Thousands separator for ASCII
century-cutoff     - Century-cutoff for two digit years
delimiter-wr       - Delimiter - ASCII write (autosense,comma,tab,space,semicolon)
quote-char-wr      - Quote character - ASCII write (character or 'none')
num-miss-wr        - Numeric Missing  - ASCII write
write-field-names  - Write field names to ASCII (Y/N)
st> help commands

copy (cp)    	 Moves a file from one format to another (type "help copy")
ex fn          	 Executes the Stat/Transfer commands stored in the file, fn
quit (q)       	 Returns to the operating system
cd dir         	 Changes the default directory to dir
ls spec       	 Prints a directory of the files matching spec
! cmd p1..pn 	 Executes a  command (e.g. 'vi my.stc')
log using fn   	 Logs S/T commands and results to a file, fn

st> exit
nber1# man stata
No manual entry for stata.
nber1# exit
nber1# 
script done on Thu Mar 16 08:37:14 2000